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First Degree (first + degree)

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Medical Sciences40%

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    Selected Abstracts

    The education and training needs of health librarians,the generalist versus specialist dilemma

    HEALTH INFORMATION & LIBRARIES JOURNAL, Issue 3 2007
    Tatjana Petrinic
    Aims and objectives:, The aims of the study were to examine whether and how librarians with a generalist background can transfer to roles demanding more expert knowledge in the health sector. The objectives were (i) to compare the education and training needs of health librarians with science degrees with the education and training needs of health librarians with arts and humanities degrees; (ii) to compare the education and training needs of librarians working in the National Health Service (NHS) sector with the education and training needs of librarians working for the health sector but within higher education. Methods:, Face-to-face interviews with 16 librarians, a convenience sample of librarians working in the Thames Valley NHS region. Results:, The main findings confirmed that structured continuing professional development (CPD) is required to meet the rapidly changing needs in the health sector. The emphasis ought to be on teaching skills, outreach work, marketing and promotion, research skills and methods, subject knowledge and terminology, and management skills. Library school curricula do not appear to meet the demands of medical library posts. A first degree in scientific subjects is advantageous in the early stages of a career but diminishes with continuing training and experience. There is no evidence of a significant difference in training needs and provision between the librarians in NHS posts as opposed to those in higher education (HE) posts. Conclusions:, The conclusions suggest that library schools need to update their programmes to include teaching skills, advanced search skills, project management skills, research methods, with more practical exercises. Particular attention should be given to librarians with a first degree in non-scientific subjects in terms of time allocated for CPD, quality of training and access to reliable mentorship. [source]

    Mass Higher Education and the English: Wherein the Colleges?

    HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY, Issue 4 2003
    Gareth Parry
    One of the distinctive features of the English encounter with mass higher education has been the uncertain and ambiguous role of further education colleges as providers of undergraduate education. Both before and during the major expansion that marked the shift to a mass scale of higher education in England, the higher education offered by colleges in the further education sector was commonly regarded as a residual or ancillary activity; its courses mostly at levels below the first degree and its growth in numbers among the slowest in higher education. In the period that followed, these same colleges were accorded a special mission in the delivery of short-cycle undergraduate education and, through their involvement in foundation degrees, were expected to lead a large part of the expansion in future years. The elevation of this provision, from a zone of ,low' or no policy to one of ,high' policy, has coincided with a radical reform of the planning, funding and quality arrangements for post-compulsory education. Under conditions less than favourable to the achievement of their higher education goals, colleges remain the responsibility of one administrative sector and higher education institutions the responsibility of another. [source]

    Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Morpholine-Containing Molecular Scaffolds

    CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, Issue 32 2009
    Claudia Lalli Dr.
    Couple and cyclize: A coupling,cyclization strategy employing building blocks from the chiral pool was applied for the generation of morpholine-containing scaffolds (see scheme). The modulation of both the reaction conditions and the stereochemistry of the building blocks allowed the first degree of skeletal diversity, followed by functional group pairing of strategic appendages of selected molecular scaffolds to achieve more complex molecular frameworks. [source]

    Treatment of obesity from first degree at school: The HOPP Project

    ACTA PAEDIATRICA, Issue 2005
    A Melin
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]

    Allowing the Market to Rule: The Case of the United States

    HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY, Issue 2 2003
    David D. Dill
    There are increasing calls in the UK and other countries for deregulating universities so that they can better compete in the global market for higher education. Frequent allusions are made to the superiority of the US market-oriented system. But is market competition for first degrees in the US efficient for the larger society? Do the constantly increasing social expenditures for higher education in the US benefit the public interest or do they advantage certain students and faculty members? Two recent economic studies provide greater insight into the impacts of market competition on US higher education. The results of these studies are discussed and their possible implications for higher education policy making in other countries are explored. [source]